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By DEBORAH JONES
Gamecock Staff Writer
Money seems to be the root of
many of the evils in today's
American prison system, according
to a prison warden in
Raleigh, N.C.
Sam Garrison, warden at Central
Prison, told the small audience
of criminal justice students, "The
constitution guarantees you
freedoms, such as safety, but
prisons are so crowded that we
can't provide safety for our
prisoners." Garrison noted that the
prisoners in central, a maximum
security institution, outnumber the
guards about three to one because
there is not enough money to hire
more guards.
"If the public does not give us
more resources, we have to decide
whether we are going to
rehabilitate prisoners or build gun
towers, stand back, throw food in
three times a day and let them live
off of each other," Garrison said.
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or facilities is a problem, according
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although the prison was designed
for 860, Garrison said. At CCI,
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"Not only can you not put some
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another, some guys you can't put
on the same side of the building
with one another. We make jokes
about putting someone in a cell
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but if we ever did it might take
someone only half an hour to get
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lead to conflicts, both wardens
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in prison, for few prisoners will
testify against each other,
primarily because a "snitcher"
fears for his life, said Garrison. He
said he has one prisoner who had
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Graham said. "If you were in the
same cellblock with a hachet
murcerer and he looked at you like
you had ratted on him this morning,
could you go to sleep at
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female appointed as supervisor of
a male maximum security unit,
said she had*been optimistic about
the future of women in corrections
until talking to people from other
states. South Carolina has been
more progressive than anywhere
else in the area of corrections, she
said.
Graham's prisoners range from
17 to 50 years old. She said she
knew many of the younger
prisoners from working in Youth
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